Assessing the Cardiovagal Baroreflex

Abrupt decreases and increases in systolic arterial blood pressure produce baroreflex mediated shortening and lengthening, respectively, of the R-R interval. This phenomenon, otherwise known as the cardivagal baroreflex, is best described by the sigmoid relationship between R-R interval length and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Behnam, Abrahm John
Other Authors: Biomedical Engineering and Sciences
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/31234
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-02142007-123912/